did rudd threaten the miners?, page-43

Abbott has stated that it will not get passed in the Senate
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And that Debono is the mob ( the Opposition parties) that should be taking the fight to the government, not the self interested lobby groups, certainly not in a public brawl designed to poison the minds of the VOTERS.

Unimpeded democracy makes good use of opposition parliamentary parties. It does not bode well when self interested power groups work to usurp governments.